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Ho, Ho, Hoes
November 15, 2007Santas in Australia -- the outback country -- are being told by the government to stop using the Ho, Ho, Ho and move to a more friendly Ha, Ha, Ha.
What a crock of crap! Something about the children being able to confuse the Americanized slang word "ho" for a prostitute...or something like that.
At my age I tend to think of Santa saying ho, ringing a bell at the mall, as a calling to all prostitutes, but that's because I'm an immature 25-year old man.
If a chick gets offended by a Santa Claus calling out "Ho, Ho, Ho" then she's got some bigger problems. Time to hit the Xanax is all I'm saying.
I like to find the oddities in society and run, run with them. It's fun. I do it all the time.
Anyways, as a kid I didn't even think twice. That was just Santa's calling card. How else was a child supposed to know Santa was coming or going? "Ho, Ho, Ho" is a part of the entire St. Nicholas charm.
I guess its a movement by the crazies of the world to de-Christianize Christmas. First there was Happy Hollidays at Wal-Mart. And now I hear there are friendship trees.
Leave the Christ in Christmas. It's easy to do. The kids don't usually know the difference, unless a positive role model is teaching them the true meaning. Kids are usually thinking about what Santa is saying or they got confused with the chocolate Lil' Debbie snack because the big guy didn't use enough hos.
I know a lot of people are stuck on writing out the term Christmas instead of the short handed X-mas, but to me that's just not that big of a deal.
So a happy "Ho, Ho, Ho" and a happy new year Wichita Falls. Don't forget to tip your Santa Claus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat
Posted by Clayton Hein at 09:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
